Jen A. Miller
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On a warm afternoon at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan this September, I found myself with two hours to spare before my flight back. It had taken me three tries to get to this national park, …
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On July Fourth weekend, I hopscotched across central and Upstate New York on a road trip from New Jersey to Niagara Falls. After an overnight in Binghamton, N.Y., I moved on to Rochester, where I went …
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I spent four months in 2017 seeing the 18 states I had never been to before. I thought I’d packed everything: I had the tent, the sleeping bag, the sleeping pad, the single-burner propane stovetop and …
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Dan Pashman wanted to create his own pasta shape. After years of dreaming that he’d be the guy to add a new kind of pasta to your grocery store’s selection, and then reporting on the quest through his …
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What started out as a rush to find toilet paper in March 2020 has turned into a full-blown supply chain crisis. Everything from lumber to kitchen appliances to cars to hotel mini-shampoo bottles is in …
At about 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, when I saw snow dancing in the light of my headlamp, I started to cry. I was nine hours into my first 24-hour race. I was trying to see how many times I could run …
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In a lot of ways, the 5K I ran on Saturday was like any other race: The tall, skinny guys zipped out front, fast. Spectators rang cowbells. I heard the “Rocky” theme twice along the course. Except …
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We are truly never alone, not even within our own bodies. Human beings play host to trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microorganisms that make up the human microbiome. In recent years, …
Penn Medicine has been on a multiyear journey to both raise the rates of screening for colorectal cancer and increase uptake of follow up care, with the goal of driving down colorectal cancer death …
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When Idris Solomon ’02 launched the “Black Shutter Podcast,” he thought he was prepared. “I bought two microphones, two microphone stands, two cables, everything,” he says. The problem? He began …
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When Vice President Dick Cheney received a new defibrillator in 2007, his doctor disabled the device's wireless capabilities so that it wouldn't be vulnerable to terrorist attacks. "I worried that …
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The Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) market—including everything from yoga and meditation to acupuncture and naturopathy—is projected to be worth $210.12 billion by 2026, according to …
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When my mom called me last Saturday morning, she was a jangle of nerves. We were taking the train from Philadelphia to Manhattan that afternoon to tackle the New York City Marathon Training Series …
When DHL decided to upgrade its 434,000-square-foot cold storage facility at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the company had an eye not just on maintaining temperatures inside the facility, but …
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HIPAA compliance is a challenge for every healthcare organization. The industry took note in April when Amazon announced new HIPAA-compliant features for its Alexa digital assistant. These features …
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Lindsey Aldrich Walsh said the onslaught started almost immediately after her husband’s obituary ran in the Houston Chronicle. Both she and her husband, Patrick Walsh, had come into their marriage …
On the first Sunday in November two years ago, 50,643 people finished the New York City Marathon — and one actress (and her double) pretended to. …
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“How’s it going out there?” my mom asked me when I called her the other night from Indianapolis, where I’d stopped on my drive out to Colorado. “Hot,” I said. “Here too. But I’m still on my way to …
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At the end of one of the hottest summers on record, as fights rage on about how to power homes, renewable solar energy continues to present as an option that does not significantly add greenhouse …
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An egg seller recently had a chicken/egg problem, though not which came first. The company wanted to figure out how to optimize its chickens' egg laying capacity. "The problem is the coop is covered …
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Companies have become obsessed with data, and for good reason: collecting the right data, and knowing how to analyze it, can unlock potential a company never knew it had. One word executives will hear …
If your warehouse isn't on the wearable bandwagon, expect to jump on soon: MHI expects 70% of facilities to adopt wearables in the next five years. Wearables don’t necessarily mean the latest GPS …
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Healthcare organizations are facing a mounting security challenge: Not only is patient data a ripe target for hackers, but legacy hardware systems have such holes in their security that ERI called the …
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Antibiotic resistant bacteria are not just a $2.2 billion healthcare industry problem: They’re a modern-day health crisis that has continued to build a dangerous momentum. …
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When researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) set up a study in two Maryland emergency departments designed to identify overdose …
When David G. Marrero, PhD, talks about diabetes, he is not shy about using strong language. “Diabetes may be the most serious public health crisis of our time,” said Marrero, director of the …
When I moved into a 1920s stand-alone shotgun style house in southern New Jersey earlier this year, I suspected it would cost a lot more to cool and heat than the rowhouse I had previously owned, …
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While the holidays can leave you with a warm, fuzzy glow, they add a lot of things to the daily mix of your life that might not be good for your pets. Whether it’s your treats that upset their …
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This year for Halloween, I will be dressing up my cattle dog mix called Annie Oakley Tater Tot as Captain America. Last year, I put her in a bandana and cowboy hat and said she was her namesake. My …
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Last summer, I started what is turning out to be a lifelong quest: to visit all of the 417 patches of this country that are overseen by National Park Service. This doesn’t just mean the 60 spots that …
While driving around the country on a mega-road trip last year, I relied on a lot of things to keep me going: gas, protein bars, peanut butter pretzels, water, and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee. I …
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Ten miles into the Rock ’n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon in September, Desiree Linden was about 50 seconds ahead of the second-place women’s finisher, Kellyn Taylor. A half-mile later, though, she …
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Welcome to winter, my favorite time of year to run! No sweating through my running top, no sun trying to burn my scalp — well, at least here in New Jersey. …
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Last summer, I went on a four-month, 16,000-mile road trip (plus flights to and from Hawaii from Las Vegas) to see the 18 states I hadn’t been to yet. When making small talk with strangers, they’d …
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When my alarm went off at 4 a.m. last Sunday, I tucked down deeper into my pile of blankets and thought, “I’d much rather not.” It was the morning of the Philadelphia Marathon, and it would be my 10th …
When both Amazon and DHL announced they were making moves to open warehouses in Latin America, it brought a spotlight onto a growing region – on the overall economy but especially on e-commerce and …
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You may know that hackers want to take over your devices and use them to get rich mining cryptocurrencies. What you may not know is the problem is getting worse very quickly. That’s a key finding …
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Paper, plastic or crypto plastic? Get ready to pay for those stylish jeans at your local retailer, in person, using cryptocurrency. How? TillBilly, an Australian startup, unveiled this month its new …
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The threat of blackmail never really goes away. It’s just now the bad guys want their anonymous payments in bitcoin (BTC). In a Distributed Denial of Service, or DDoS, attack hackers bombard a website …
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When Arseny Reutov, a web application security specialist at Positive.com, set to test out potential attack points in games of chance that run on the Ethereum blockchain, he expected to find some …
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